SessionStateUtility.AddHttpSessionStateToContext Method

Definition

Applies the session data to the context for the current request.

public static void AddHttpSessionStateToContext (System.Web.HttpContext context, System.Web.SessionState.IHttpSessionState container);

Parameters

context
HttpContext

The HttpContext object to which to add the HttpSessionState object.

container
IHttpSessionState

The IHttpSessionState implementation instance to add to the specified HTTP context.

Exceptions

An HttpSessionState object for the current session has already been added to the specified context.

Examples

The following code example shows the handler for the AcquireRequestState event in a custom session-state module. The custom module retrieves existing session information or creates new session information and uses the AddHttpSessionStateToContext method to add it to the HttpContext of the current request. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the SessionStateUtility class.

//
// Event handler for HttpApplication.AcquireRequestState
//

private void OnAcquireRequestState(object source, EventArgs args)
{
    HttpApplication app = (HttpApplication)source;
    HttpContext context = app.Context;
    bool isNew = false;
    string sessionID;
    SessionItem sessionData = null;
    bool supportSessionIDReissue = true;

    pSessionIDManager.InitializeRequest(context, false, out supportSessionIDReissue);
    sessionID = pSessionIDManager.GetSessionID(context);

    if (sessionID != null)
    {
        try
        {
            pHashtableLock.AcquireReaderLock(Int32.MaxValue);
            sessionData = (SessionItem)pSessionItems[sessionID];

            if (sessionData != null)
               sessionData.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(pTimeout);
        }
        finally
        {
            pHashtableLock.ReleaseReaderLock();
        }
    }
    else
    {
        bool redirected, cookieAdded;

        sessionID = pSessionIDManager.CreateSessionID(context);
        pSessionIDManager.SaveSessionID(context, sessionID, out redirected, out cookieAdded);

        if (redirected)
            return;
    }

    if (sessionData == null)
    {
        // Identify the session as a new session state instance. Create a new SessionItem
        // and add it to the local Hashtable.

        isNew = true;

        sessionData = new SessionItem();

        sessionData.Items = new SessionStateItemCollection();
        sessionData.StaticObjects = SessionStateUtility.GetSessionStaticObjects(context);
        sessionData.Expires = DateTime.Now.AddMinutes(pTimeout);

        try
        {
            pHashtableLock.AcquireWriterLock(Int32.MaxValue);
            pSessionItems[sessionID] = sessionData;
        }
        finally
        {
            pHashtableLock.ReleaseWriterLock();
        }
    }

    // Add the session data to the current HttpContext.
    SessionStateUtility.AddHttpSessionStateToContext(context,
                     new HttpSessionStateContainer(sessionID,
                                                  sessionData.Items,
                                                  sessionData.StaticObjects,
                                                  pTimeout,
                                                  isNew,
                                                  pCookieMode,
                                                  SessionStateMode.Custom,
                                                  false));

    // Execute the Session_OnStart event for a new session.
    if (isNew && Start != null)
    {
        Start(this, EventArgs.Empty);
    }
}

//
// Event for Session_OnStart event in the Global.asax file.
//

public event EventHandler Start;

Remarks

The AddHttpSessionStateToContext method is used by a session-state module to apply session data to the current request. This occurs during the AcquireRequestState event at the beginning of a request. Session data for the current request is either retrieved for an existing session or created for a new session. The session data is then encapsulated in an IHttpSessionState implementation instance, which is passed to the AddHttpSessionStateToContext method along with the current HttpContext. The supplied session data is then made available to application code through the Session property of the current context.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1